DANG IT … I take no joy in writing this piece about the Libertarian Party of NH. Full disclosure, I follow their account and they follow me, and usually they tweet things that I agree with or at least think about.
Not this time.
I should also probably preface my piece by saying Meghan McCain blocked me for like a decade because I called out her dad for reporting and seemingly getting me suspended long, long ago on Twitter (he and Lindsay Graham didn’t think bloggers should be protected by the First Amendment). So this is not about defending Meghan.
No, this is about calling out needless cruelty.
Have a problem with John McCain? Fine. But mocking his daughter’s grief? How is that in the least bit meaningful? How does that change minds? Make people think?
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It doesn’t.
It just pisses a lot of people off and makes your party look like a bunch of edgelords that NOBODY takes seriously.
Happy Holidays pic.twitter.com/ueTMW3Dgcj
— Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) August 25, 2022
Meghan did respond:
I’m actually sadly used to this type of thing – my public grief and pain have become something comedians make YouTube videos about as “comedy”.
The worst part is what this does for other people in severe pain and grief – god forbid anyone displays it publicly and its documented. https://t.co/ioIjq33ut0
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) August 26, 2022
Even if you have a beef with Meghan, this level of trolling and s**tposting doesn’t really do anything but make you look like the villain.
And dude, they definitely made themselves a villain with this one:
What the hell is wrong with you?
— Ge🌞rge Wept (@GeorgeWept) August 26, 2022
Gross, dude. Gross.
— AvntieVodka 📷I take pictures📷 (@HeddyNajjar) August 26, 2022
The fuq
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/WriteGrlProbs/status/1562988762027917312?s=20&t=PSGylM3KcI4aLFo_7dk-Eg
begging to turn voters away
impressive— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 26, 2022
This is pretty tacky.
— Beth Baumann (@eb454) August 26, 2022
It’s so bad I just made sure I don’t follow a single person who liked it.
— LibertyJ (@LibertyJen) August 26, 2022
Geez, people. I didn't like him, either, but come on. And you wonder why your appeal is so limited? 😒
— Happy Hermit Marie Wh*te (@sisalgirl) August 26, 2022
dumb
— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) August 26, 2022
I hate Meghan McCain with a firey passion and even I think this is a bit touchy
— Sensurround the ███ ██████ 🏳️🌈 (@sound_hologram) August 26, 2022
I think McCain as a blight in the Senate and even I think this is a dick move
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) August 26, 2022
Stupid and cruel tweet.
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) August 26, 2022
And so on.
All that being said, I don’t think they should be forced to take it down or be punished for the tweet … but my hope is they will think about the pushback and reaction they’ve received and maybe learn something here. Grow. Discuss and dialogue with people who disagree with them.
I’m not holding my breath because this is Twitter and, yeah.
But I HOPE so.
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